Pipe joint



PL DAVID PIPE JOINT Oct. 27, 1953 2 Sheets-Sheet l Filed March 29, 1950 P. DAVID PIPE JOINT Oct. 27, 1953 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed March 29, 1950 n mm Mm 2- PJMVLM'oT ,PIERRE 'EAV/.D L): m

AH'arnay 'provided with. a sidev hooking Patented Oct. 27, 1953 France,A a@

France assgnor to; Compagnie de; Po11t.a'-Mousson,V Nancy,

French: `body corporate ApplicatlonMarcli 29, 1950S`eral No. 152,691 In France March 3.0; 1'949 4i Claimss. (Cl. 285-464) The 'present invention relates 'to pipe joints for piping elementsA one commr-ising` a bell amd the other a plain spigot;

The' invention has for its object to; providea joint of the kind which comprises Va resilient ring compressed by' a; counter'-flange` tightened by means of bolts which are arranged parallel with the longitudinal axis of said jointsland are nose for hooking on an outer continuous. surface of the bell, said joint being improved.l in such ai manner that each bolti is subjected' only tol axial tractiony stresses with the. exclusion ofany bending stress.

The invention has more particularly for its object a joint in which the` head1 ofi each bolt comprises, on the one hand, a. hooking nose withv a` slopingV hooking surfaceV conjugated? with an outer sloping resting surface providedony said bell and,` on the otherhand, areaction lheel res-ting against the internal surace of arrextension of the said4 surrounding skirt oft` the `counter-- flange, the positions of t centres oit both resting surfaces of the bolt heaxiagainst'thercounter ilange and against the extensionfof the skirt and the slopes with respect to the longitudinal axis of the bolt of the said; external: res-ting surface provided on the bell andi ot the: conjugated surface of the nose being suchy thatlbothl perpendicue lars raised at. said centres to both resting sur faces intersect each other` on. the. said' Ionsfitudi"- nal axis of the bolt;

In the. accompanying drawings givencnly by way ofi" eiiamiulesl:n

Fig. 1 is an elevational view showing ajoint in accordance with the invention;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on line 2-2' of Fig.. I;

Fig. -3 is a partial cross-section `on -lifie 3*--3A of Fig; 2:

Fig, e'. is. a diagram on a large 'scale-showing the. various forces which arise: when a bolt istightened', andA theresulting defonnati'onsof the skirt4 and'. displacement `of the bolt.

According to the embodiment'l which is shown, the plain cylindrical the bell 2 of the adjacent; pipe 2*. Thisibelflf i2 comprises a recess 3, thelon'gi'tudinal-.and radiali section surface ab of which a `bei/1d which increasesfrom a towards b..`

At point'.I a` the tangent adr slopesvery slightly` towards the outside with respect tol axis of the pipe, thenv the: bend increases regulariy'andf in, the neighborhood `'off gmini:V b :the tangentfbtr is substantially perpendicular 'to the- 'axis for 4'the pipe.

spigot i' or pire i enters" tree edge.

The recess `3 is extended through a. small cylindrical surface 4' 'and then through a partb' Haring towards the bottoml of the bell soy as toenable slight angular deviations of the spigot t in the bell 2.

Located in the recess `3 is a ring 6' of rubber or any other resilient material.. This ring isicyiindrical on the inside while its 'external profile corresponds to that of the recess 33.

Because ofthe usual margins for the diameters ci pipe If and recess `3, the radia-l width' of the inlet of said recess varies between a. minimum and a maximum and. preferablytlre radial width of saidV ring 6 is: on the one hand, larger than said minimum in which case said ring must? be forcibly inserted which is possible owing;` to the slight slope of tangent dal, and on the other hand smaller than saidl maximum` in which case said ring entirely enters sa recess where .it is to be compressed; the` bottom. of the recessowing to the direction ofv its` tangent bbl, forms a stopping surface which hinders the passage of: the disc 6i between the spigot IV Vand the cylindrical surface I.

In both cases said ring is compressed by means of the circular heel 1 of an annular counterflange C, the section of which` is in the shape of an inverted Uf with unequal legs. Said counterilange is formed of an inner part Il` serving` `as' a remmer` and: surroundingl the spigot i ot the pipe l with a small play and of: an cuter sur.. rounding skirt 9'. This skirt 9 has a thickness 1n` which decreases,y Vfor example by one hal-f. from the region of junction with rammer 8f to the Several bosses mi are provided on said counterflange and are regularly distributed on the periphery thereof. Each oi said bosses: isprovided with a hole tl forthepassage off'abolt lf2. Said bolt is provided with a thread: 't3 .whichis preferably a protruding thread in order not to weaken the section of the bolt.

A nut Il, preferably a; recessed nut, screwed onto the thread i13- rests through its `lower face againstthe boss; IU: of the counter-Hanse C.

The head of each bolt 't2 comprises a hooking nose l5, the surface i6 of which'restsaganstfa: surface Hf provided on the flan-ge of the bell 2;. conjugatedsurtaces "t6 and I1 slope, preferably by about 45; so Vthat the perpendicular NN to 'said vsurfaces at the centre A thereof intersects the longitudinal axis YY of the bolt et Bin .thervicinity of the: `eat-- tremity of the head. When seen in 3d, e. in the direction offends` :nose

Y shape;

is slightly convex and is on the surface I6 and whole cross-section oi the bolt shank.

Vrests against the Vring 6 which causes n.9 I5 has a trapezoidal shape widening towards the edge I8 of the nose, whereas the prole (Figs. 2, 4) of said nose has a substantially triangular the edge IB of said nose is more or less rounded; the outline l8r (Fig. 3) of said nose is curvilineal in order to lit the circular shape of bell 2 and thus prevent any rotation of the bolt around its axis YY. f

Furthermore, the bolt head comprises, in the neighborhood of its end, a reaction heel i9 which adapted to rest against the internal face of an extension 2! of the reinforced edge of the skirt 9 of the counterflange. The heel I9 is so disposed with respect to the hooking nose that the perpendicular M-M to said extension 2l) atY the centre D of Contact between the intersects the axis YY at the same point B as the perpendicular NN raised at the centre A of the hooking surface of `the nose l5.

Finally, the boss surface against which the nut I4 rests comprises two surfaces ed and dc'which may be plane or convex Yand form with each other a very obtuse dihedral of about 170. The edge d which is slightly rounded, intersects the bolt l2 substantially on the longitudinal axis YY thereof, is located in a plane ZZ (Fig. 3) and is parallel with the tangent to the middle oi the edge 18aof the hooking nose l5. Surfaces ed and dc also slope with respect to plane ZZ.

The setting in position of the join is as follows:

The counter-ange gaged onto the spigot effected C and the ring t are eri--V l and thenrsaid spigot is introduced into theY bell'Z of the pipe 2a and U the ring 6 is forced into the recess 3 of the heli.

The heel 1 of the counter-nange C is then brought to engage the ring 6 and the bolts lil are introduced from below into the holes ii of the bosses i0 in the counter-flange. Nuts ill are then screwed onto the Ythreads It of said bolts l2.

During screwing the base of each nut lli rests against the rounded edge d of the boss.

The hooking surface I6 of the bolt head rests against the surface I? of the bell which causes the clamping of the disc 6 in its recess 3 through the medium of vpart 8 forminga rammer.

The reaction F1 (Fig. 4) ofthe surface il the reaction F2 of the boss 2l of the bolt are very substantially directed along the perpendiculars NN and MM and thus intersect each other at point B on the axis of heel I9 and said extensionV and F5, the counter-ange is deformed and tends to open. It may be pointed out that owing to the fact that the thickness m increases (Fig. 2) from the free end of the skirt 9 of counter-flange C to the region of junction with the inner part 8, the resistance of the counter-flange to deformations is substantially increased. However, said counter-flange slightly opens and takes the shape indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 4, where the deformation has been exaggerated for the sake of clarity of the drawing.

`Owing to this deformation, the hooking nose i6 of the bolt slides on its resting surface i1 and the whole bolt lunit tilts with respect to its primithe bolt' so that the resultant R1 passes through said point B. As this resultant is balanced through the reaction R2 of the edge d on the nut and as this reaction is necessarily an axial one, the'resultant R1 which is opposed to the same and which passes through point B is therefore located along the axis YY of the bolt.

Owing'to this feature of the invention, the bolt i2 remains subjected only to simple traction stresses which are equally distributed on the Vsistance of said Yshank is entirely utilized.

During the tighteningthe counter-:Piange C a reaction F3 which is substantially parallel with axis (Figs 2V and 4). Furthermore, said counterflange is subjected at Dto a stress Fi exerted vby the heel i9 of the bolt, said stress being equal and opposed to force F2 and at d to a stress F5 exerted by the nut I4 and equal and opposed to the force R2. Under the action of' said three `forces F3, Fi

tive position and takes the position shown in dotted lines. The contact surface of he nut I4 with the boss I0 of the counter-flange then turns around edge d in order to come nearer to the face cd, without the reaction Rz which came to r2 ceasing to be directed along the axis of the bolt. Perpendiculars NN and MM come to 1m and mm and further intersect each other on the axis of the bolt which came to yy' so that the resultant which came to r1 remains located along the axis of the bolt.

For a given tightening, the invention makes it :possible to use for the making of the bolts materials having less mechanical strength Vbut higher resistance to corrosion. Thus the bolts as well as the counter-hangs and the pipes may advantageously bemade of cast iron. This construction, together with the very enveloping shape of the counter-flange and the blind nut which is used make it possible to obtain flexible joints for underground pipings having the same usual bells for cast joints, for example lead cast joints, and makes possible a common manufacture, through centrifugation and in the same shell, of pipesfor iiexible joints according to the invention and pipes for cast joints.

Of course, the invention is not limited to the form of embodiment described and shown which is given only by way of example.

Having now described my invention what I claim as new Vand desire to secure by Letters Patent is: f

l. A exible pipe joint comprising a spigot and a bell for receiving said spigot, said bell being adapted to deviate angularly relatively to the axis of said spigot; an annular recess on the internal wall of said bell near the mouth end of said bell and having a substantially ovid shape; an external hooking flange on an intermediate portiono'f Ysaid bell, said flange sloping outwards toward the plane of the mouth of said bell and forming an obtuse angle with theportion of said bell adjacent said intermediate portion; Va counter-flange consisting of an annular body slidably mounted on said spigot, -a resilient outer skirt concentric with said body, and an intermediate part conu nesting said annular body with said skirt; a resilient washer in said recess between said spigot and said annular body; longitudinal tightening bolts passing through saidintermediate partand between said bell and said skirt, the head of each bolt on the bell side having( a hooking nose pro-VV vided with a sloping surface conjugated with said hooking iiange and adapted to slide over the latter; each said head further having a reaction heel diametrically opposed to said sloping surface and resting against the internal surface of said skirt; nuts screwed on said bolts and resting against the external surface of said intermediate part for tightening said annular body against said washer, the resting surface for said nuts on said intermediate part being a dihedral surface having an obtuse angle and a rounded edge located in the plane that passes through the axis of the bolt and on respective sides of which the hooking nose and the heel of said bolt are 1ocated; the slopes of said hooking flange and of said sloping surface relative to the longitudinal axis of the bolt, and the positions of the resting centers of said sloping surface on said hooking iiange and of said heel on said skirt being such that the perpendiculars raised at said centers to the corresponding surface of said hooking flange and said skirt intersect each other on the longitudinal axis of said bolt near the end of its head.

2. A pipe joint as claimed in claim l, in which said skirt is provided on its periphery with equidistant extensions, each of said extensions being opposite to one of said bolts and having a greater 6 thickness than the skirt, and in which said heel rests against the internal surface of the corresponding extension.

3. A pipe joint as claimed in claim 1, in which the thickness o1 said skirt is less than the thickness of said intermediate part of said counteriiange near its plane of connection with said annular body.

4. A pipe joint as claimed in claim 1, in which the bell fits loosely around said spigot, and in which the internal wall of said bell flares outward between said recess and the bottom of said bell, whereby said spigot is allowed slight angular deviations in said bell.

PIERRE DAVID.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 366,394 Hardenberg July 12, 1887 2,037,184 Teetor Apr. 14, 1936 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 790,020 France Sept. 2, 1935 848,252 France July 17, 1939 

